News and Prosecutions
Tipper overturn death brings builders £170k penalties
14 May 2012
Two building contractors have been ordered to pay £170,000 in penalties after a tipper lorry overturned onto a mini digger, killing the digger’s driver on his first day at work…
£187k fine for Northern Ireland’s first corporate manslaughter conviction
09 May 2012
A pig firm has been fined £187,500 after it became the first company to be convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act in Northern Ireland.
Migrants’ ‘disturbing’ conditions were fault of mushroom grower
20 April 2012
The HSE has prosecuted a mushroom producer after inspectors found multiple and “disturbing” safety failings at its Suffolk factory.
Worker was dragged under lorry
19 April 2012
A packaging company has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he was hit by a lorry at one of its sites.
Shovel loader broke teen’s foot in 16 places
13 April 2012
A recycling company has been prosecuted after the tyre of a 16-tonne shovel loader ran over a teenager’s foot as he was sorting waste at its site in Kent.
Articles
Driven to the dock: Driving for work compliance
02 December 2011
Managing the risks to employees who drive for work requires more than just compliance with road traffic legislation to stay out of court, Paul Verrico says.
Advocates for leadership: conference report
06 October 2011
Conservative MP Christopher Chope explains to a legal conference why he duplicated many of Lord Young's proposals in parliament.
Bay area hazards
12 September 2011
Lucie Ponting reviews the design features and working practices needed to keep workers at loading docks safe, plus some technological aids.
Site specifics: workplace transport
06 December 2010
The web is well stocked with guidance on avoiding site transport accidents, Bridget Leathley finds.
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